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Cons

Seagate's sshd (hybrid drives) are garbage. I now have to pay $600 to seagate to recover 2tb of data that represents 100's of man hours creating. I have another seagate record that has been running well for years, but i regret buying this unit. Never ...  Read More

Seagate warranty support request filed with seagate. Attempted to get call from support; given a 39-minute callback window and over 2 hours later, no callback. If it failed, warranty claim would be a nightmare.

There was no advanced warning of impending drive failure. No warning. Clicking noises.

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Quality


Great hard drive, works fast and so far (year and a half of hardcore use) it works great.


It is working great, let’s see how long this will last


2 drive for my os and frequently used applications but when this did run my os for almost 4 years it never took longer than 20 ...  Read More


Each of these reads/writes is subjected to the 1 bit per 10^14 read/write error rate every time.

Price


These were great drives for the price (quiet, good performance and acceptable life span).


Quiter than my wb black and cheaper.


I bought this back in 2014 when 256gb ssd's ran for $250.


No matter how much you pay for a harddrive they will fail.

Competitiveness


It works great and offers better speeds than most generic hdds.


I don't know what seagate is trying to do with other drives they make that are newer than this, but smr belongs in archive driv...  Read More


Smr/mtc drives (seagate) have a different strategy.


It is worth mentioning that i did not find much a of different in most tasks between this sshd & wd black hdds.

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  • This product had a total of 3,934 reviews as of our last analysis date on Feb 23 2024.

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    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Theyve been powered on continuously that whole time under moderate use


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    One drive died a couple weeks ago and oddly another one died today


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Ill be replacing the other two drives soon


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    The difference might be noticeable when working on the same set of files as the those wil be cached on the ssd as it the case of media production and video editing


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Quick for a hdd but definitely not a ssd


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Might need to get another one soon


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Very quite and the install is easy or that’s what i would say if they included screws or the cable it needs it only came with the harddrive


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Got the specs from a link from the supplier

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